Well, when I was 15 (about 20 years ago), I took what the shoe salesperson gave me. Maybe everything is now rainbows but I’m still scarred by my giant shoes.

True story - when I was thirteen (in the early 90s), I wanted a pair so bad but we couldn’t afford them, so I called every shoe store in Dallas and asked them if they sold “fake Birkenstocks - they look like Birkenstocks but they’re cheaper.” No one would admit to selling knock-offs.

MY THOUGHTS EXACTLY. (my husband was like, “oooooh, did she mean Bill?”

I live in Texas and I am anti-AC. Everyone here just fucking BLASTS it and you have to take a sweater with you wherever you go in the summer. I do have and use AC but we keep it about 83 during the day and turn it down to sleep. Ceiling fans 4 lyfe. (also I have a husky so I’d be a monster if I didn’t cool him off)

Thank you for this interview, Jia. I work for an abortion fund (not in Colorado but we do work with Dr. Hern’s clinic) and I talk to women who have to travel out of state (we have a 20 wk ban) for similar reasons. It’s always difficult and heartbreaking, and the lack of awareness and empathy makes it even worse. I’m…

Man, you are willing to die on this hill. That’s cool and all - just don’t encourage other actors and actresses to endure abuse because you think it’s good for their art. Maybe you feel like being a punching bag for a director makes you a better actor but other actors should know that they don’t have to put themselves…

Maybe don’t be in a profession that has an audience then.

Um, no. Actors and directors who confuse acting with therapy are dangerous to work with and uncomfortable to watch on stage. I don’t want to see you work out your fucking issues onstage and get lost in “feeling it” and “pushing yourself,” I want to watch you fucking act. I’ve been making theater my whole life and the…

Neil Pollack is an asshole who thinks he’s much smarter/funnier than he actually is. Get your news and views about Austin somewhere else. He is the absolute worst and has been for years. King of “I hate Austin soooo much but I won’t move because I live to fucking complain.”

That rail line plan was an embarrassment - everyone I know who voted against it (including myself) did so because it was poorly planned and not along a corridor where it would actually be used. We all hoped a better plan would come forward after the last one was rejected. Silly us.

I’ve been off and on with this show - it got rill boring for a while but I LOVE the Maddie is-a-little-shit-gettin’-manipulated story going on right now. I can’t believe it will end before Cash gets her comeuppance and we see Maddie’s Taylor Swiftian rise to fame.

I used to carry a stick in south Dallas growing up and when I was attacked, it didn’t do me much good. If I still lived there, I’d carry pepper spray. Most dogs will run away if you turn and scream at them, stamp your feet, etc. but the ones who won’t are fucking dangerous.

I’m from south Dallas (Oak Cliff) and this looks more like east Dallas to me. But the stray dog problem is horrible in Oak Cliff (and apparently other parts of town)- I was attacked as a ten year old, and learned my classic “wait til they get close to you then whip around and kick them in the face” on the feral dogs…

Um there is a movement now currently called Black Lives Matter that I’ve seen people of all colors involved with.